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D. L. GO-PF.

SAMPLE BooK EOE TEXTILE EABEIGS.

No. 895,048. Patented Deo. 25, 1888.

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N. PETERS. Pholr.-Lnhagr. phcr. washingtau. n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DARIIIS Il. GOFF, OF PAIVTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

SAMPLE-BOOK FOR TEXTILE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,048, dated December25, 1888.

Application tiled October 13, 1888. Serial No. 288,007. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

-Be it known that I, DARIUs Il. GOEE, of Pawtucket, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Sample- Books for Textile Fabiics and other Goodsin Sheet Form; and I do hereby declare that the following'specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished andforming a part of the same, is a clear, true, and complete descriptionof my invention.

Hy improved sample-books have been specially devised for use inconnection with valuable pile fabrics of considerable thicknesssuch asplushes and velvets-but they can be used with equally good results withother delicately-surfaced goods.

So far as my knowledge extends, all sample-books of this general classhave involved either the through-and-through stitching or wiring at theedges of a stock of samples, or the pasting or gluing of one or moresamples of fabric upon or to separate leaves of card-board or paperbound in book form. This latter system is obviously not well suited forheavy fabrics, and the stitching or wiringI of plush or velvet samplesresults in defacin g the fabric, if tightly stitched with a view toobtaining a neat and symmetrical book, and if loosely stitched, to avoidthis liability of defacement, the book will be loose jointed andunattractive in appearance. In stitching samples together to form a bookthe pieces of fabric must be uniform in size, and the interior leavesa-re imperfectly accessible, except on straining the stitching orwiring.

The object of my invention is to economically provide a sample-book forsheeted fabrics, which will maintain its neatness and symmetrythroughout an y reason able time and under proper usage, and obviatedefacement of samples-as by undue compressionand enable each piece offabric to be wholly displayed on its finished surface, and to economizein area of samples as compared with such as are deemed requisite iustitched sample-books. I accomplish these ends by the employment of whatI will term a novel binding-block, to which suitable covers are hinged,and which is rigid as against bending or breaking under ordinary usage,and is stepthe bindi 11g-block detached.

like `in form, and to the several step-like surfaces orprogressively-arranged ledges the fabric-samples are secured at oneedge-as by glue, paste, or wire staples, The sample-piece of fabricattached to the top step will be of greater area than the bottom sample,according to the number of intervening steps or ledges, the samplesvarying in length to a degree corresponding to the width of the steplike surfaces or ledges in the binding-block.

To more particularly describe my invention, I will refer to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l illustrates one of mysample-books complete. Fig. 2, in perspective, illustrates Fig. 3illustrates a modification of the binding-block with flyleaves ateachstep for separating the samples of fabric and for the reception ofinscriptions relative to the next underlying samples.

The binding-block A maybe variously constructed, so long as it is instep-like form, as shown, and has the ledges or surfaces d inprogressive order for the reception of samples l). As shown in Fig. 2,the binding-block is composed of wood and in one piece, this being oneof the cheapest forms and well suited for most purposes. In Fig. thebinding-block shown may be composed of strips of wood or cardboard, ofthe different widths necessary for aifordin g the proper ledge-surfacesa, and the parting-leaves c maybe either interposed between the stripsprior to Itheir being glued or otherwise united, or said leaves maybeglued or pasted to the ledges. The spaces between said leaves are thenfilled with samples, and in the case of thin delicate goods severalpieces of fabric may be inserted', all being Connected at one end andglued or Otherwise secured to a ledge, and notes pertaining there to maybe written or previously printed on the parting-leaves, which serve alsoas protectors to the fabrics. In Fig. l. five samples, l), are shown,each being` quite thick-as is usual with plushes, for instanceand eachof four of the samples has its own step or ledge a, but the lower sampleis secured to the inner surface of the back cover, closely adjacent tothe front edge of the loweststep; and it will be seen that the height ofeach step corresponds with the thickness of the goods,

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and illerei'ol-e nolle oi.' ille salllples will be exposed to undueeonlpression, and ealell eau be 'i'ully displayed wiillouiA illedisi'oriion of any of iflle oi'lhers. leaillelf llaelcllnge, wlliell Isollleiillles glue io ille llaek end of. ialle bindingllloek, alld yples d lfivell into izllebinding-block, the lnouniisolneizinles l uniiieillelll hv lllealls ol' taeks ol.'

nails; llui` it is always advisable illai; i'llel'lasej surface o1 illebinding-bleek should be seeured io ille inller surfaee oli' ille llaekeovel, so that lluiioll ill ille lnails.

illai ille alg'gri'rgaie area olf a seiY oi samples illus lnouni'ed isnluell less i'hall would lle i-lle ease il' they were si'ii'ehed ioYi'orln a hook of ille saline size, and illlli no one saflllple will,lle (llbsi'rueteifl lrolll view hy a preceding` salllple l when thrownllaell'wllrd, illus enablingr a` fille li` will lle seen 1 display to belnade with a nlininlulll quantity of fabric, wlliell `is a nlaliater ofmaterial consequenee in connection with eosily goods ill view ol illelarge quantity oli' Sample -books lVlleizllel: the samples lle seeuredhy `glue or paste, or evell wire staingI operation involves but littleskill. and labor, and the i'llllness and strength of the hooks renderillleln. well adalpied i'or diisiiril'lavi n illus i'hsel'ill'ed 1n yill vention, I elainl as new alld desire to seeure 'hy Leiters Patent.llle salllple-llook `l'or Textile lallries, consist:- illg olf lilleeolllllillaivioll oi suiialllle Covers wiilll a Iirlll or rigidl'lillding-ll'loelg si3ep-like ill Eolnl7 and .lli'iordillg aprogressive series of ledges upon orio wlliell salnplesof fabric may llesecured ai` one edge, sulilsi'ani'ially as desel-iberi.

Illllli's L. GOFF. VWiillessi'ls:

JAMES A. lllllllv, M. W. SPENCER.

